“I'm just scared to leave the house. Obviously (I’m) scared to jog ever again, even to walk my dog,” a jogger tells Pittsburgh's Action News 4 after she is attacked in the city's Friendship neighborhood.

3 A JOGGER-- ATTACKED -- WHILE OUT ON A RUN!! TONIGHT-- SHE IS SPEAKING OUT... HIDING HER IDENTITY-- OUT OF FEAR!! GOOD EVENING. I'M ANDREW STOCKEY. And I'm Wendy Bell. Police say it happened in Pittsburgh's East Side -- in the community of Friendship. Pittsburgh's Action News 4 Reporter Marcie Cipriani joins us LIVE with the story. 3 3 3 LOSED CAPTIONING UNDED BY WTAE-TV I'M REALLY BRUISED UP. SHE HIT ME IN THE FACE. TREMBLING, HURTING, AND TERRIFIED. ANNA ASKED WE ONLY USE HER FIRST NAME AND NOT SHOW HER FACE, BUT SHE WANTS TO DESPERATELY HER ATTACKER TO BE CAUGHT, SHE AGREED TO TELL HER STORY. IT WAS 4:00 P.M. THURSDAY, THE SUN WAS SHINING AND ANNA SAYS SHE WAS JOGGING BACK TO HER APARTMENT WHEN SHE WAS VIOLENTLY ATTACKED. HE FOLLOWED ME BACK. PULLED OUT A KNIFE. HE PUSHED ME INTO THE CEMENT. AND PUSHED ME AGAIN, IN THE STOMACH SO I FELL ON TO THE GROUND, AND HE TOOK OUT A KNIFE AND I WAS SCREAMING FOR MY UPSTAIRS NEIGHBOR, AND HE TOLD ME IF I DIDN'T STOP SCREAMING, THAT HE WOULD SLICE MY THROAT AND THAT HE WOULD KILL MY ANIMALS. Reporter: ANNA SAYS ONCE HE KNEW ABOUT HER PETS, SHE IMMEDIATELY WORRIED THAT THIS MAN HAD BEEN WATCHING HER, BUT SHE SAYS SHE WAS DETERMINED TO GET AWAY. I KICKED HIM IN THE GROIN AREA AS HARD AS I COULD, AND THAT THREW HIM BACK FOR A SECOND, I RAN UP THE STAIRS AS FAST AS I COULD. HE GRABBED MY ANKLE. I RAN IN, LOCKED THE DOOR. Reporter: ANNA CALLED POLICE AND THE MAN TOOK OFF. WHEN WE SPOKE TO ANNA, SHE HAD JUST LEFT THE HOSPITAL, WAS HEADED HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME AND AFRAID BECAUSE THE MAN WHO ATTACKED HER IS STILL OUT THERE. I'M JUST SCARED TO LEAVE THE HOUSE. OBVIOUSLY, SCARED TO JOG EVER AGAIN, EVEN TO WALK MY DOG. Reporter: ANNA DID GET A GOOD LOOK AT THE SUSPECT. HE HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A THIN BLACK MAN IN HIS 30s ABOUT 6'2", 170 POUNDS AND HAS LINES AND A STAR CUT INTO HIS HAIR. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTS 3$ THAT HE HAS BEEN SEENf# FREQUENTING A RITE AID NEAR THAT APARTMENT BUILDING. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS